Objective (1) Evaluate the consistency and manner in which otolaryngology residents log surgical cases. (2) Assess the extent of instruction and guidance provided by program directors on case-logging practices. Study Design Cross-sectional national survey. Setting Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education otolaryngology residency programs in the United States. Subjects and Methods US...

Salivary duct carcinoma in the submandibular gland with HER-2 protein overexpression : A report of two cases : Nao Hiwatashi1,2), Shinji Takebayashi1), Chiaki Suzuki1), Takushi Miyoshi1), Hiroki Ikeda1) and Makoto Miura1). 1)Department of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, 2)Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto ...

New Web-Based Tool for Generating Scattergrams to Report Hearing Results Otolaryngology– Head and Neck Surgery 2016, Vol. 154(6) 981 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., Otology & Neurotology, Inc., and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation 2016 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/01945998...

Shigeyuki Kuwada, Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, Ranjan Batra, and Ernst-Michael Ostapoff Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut; Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Anatomy and Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackso...

INTRODUCTION This article reviews the literature pertaining to bismuth iodoform paraffin paste. OVERVIEW Bismuth iodoform paraffin paste is used in most otolaryngology departments on a daily basis. Questions about its properties are common in postgraduate otolaryngology examinations. This article reviews bismuth iodoform paraffin paste's current and historical usage, constituents, properties,...

C. ONDOLO, S. AVERSA, F.M. PASSALI1, C. CIACCO2, C. GULOTTA2, M. LAURIELLO3, S. CONTICELLO Department of Otolaryngology, University of Turin, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin; 1 Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rome 2, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome; 2 Department of Respiratory Pathophysiology, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin; 3 Experimental...

Information collected and disseminated through the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) documents that women are currently entering medicine at a rate very similar to men. As recently as 1985, almost 75% of medical student graduates were male. Not surprisingly, men occupy appointments as full professors and associate professors far more often than women. On the surface of it, this ma...

Steroids are increasingly being used to treat a wide spectrum of otolaryngological disorders. It is important for ear-nose-throat surgeons to understand the short- and long-term complications associated with steroid use. The aim of this study was to review the role of steroids in common ear-nose-throat disorders. Corticosteroid therapy has been shown to be effective in the management of idiopat...

Cryosurgery was used in 100 cases with various lesions in the ear, nose and throat over a period ranging from early 1980 to the end of 1981. It was found to be a safe, convenient and can be done under a local anaesthetic in the out-patients department. Vasomotor Rhinitis was the commonest indication for cryosurgery in our series. Satisfactory results were also obtained in cases of Epistaxis, Ha...

Objective. To review the literature on progress regarding (1) effectiveness of vaccines for prevention of otitis media (OM) and (2) development of vaccine antigens for OM bacterial and viral pathogens. Data Sources. PubMed database of the National Library of Science. Review Methods. We performed literature searches in PubMed for OM pathogens and candidate vaccine antigens, and we restricted the...